Abstract: Distinctive Features:This is a printed version of a sketch map hold at IOR/R/15/1/319, folio 100.Shows western shores of the Persian Gulf with key regional ports marked and underlined in red. The map was produced to illustrate the debate over the port of Zubara, Qatar.Below In the left-hand corner below neat line: ‘S.D.O. no. 2794, February 1920.’Physical description: Dimensions:168 x 145 mm, on sheet 342 x 200 mm
Abstract: Distinctive Features:Blueprint attached to the correspondence file no. 55 dated the 29th June 1948 to illustrate the dispute over Zubarah with area of interest indicated by red line.Physical description: Dimensions:92 x 129 mm, on sheet 100 x 140 mm
Abstract: This file contains correspondence regarding the situation after hostilities that occurred between the Al Naim tribe (supported by Bahrain) and Qatar in Zubarah in June and July 1937.The correspondence covers the period immediately following the events and continues for several years until 1946. It contains details of British mediation efforts between the two sides and also includes the text (in English and Arabic) of a reconciliation agreement between the two sides from 1944.The file also contains a translation of an Arabic-language letter published in the Cairo publication 'Rabitat Al Arabieh' (f. 25). The letter is from a Bahraini and argues that the British had sided with Qatar in the conflict regarding Zubarah as they were afraid that if under Bahraini control, the concession for oil deposits near the town would be given to an American (as opposed to British) oil company as had been done in Bahrain.Physical description: A bound correspondence volume. There are two incomplete foliation sequences and one complete foliation sequence. The complete sequence is circled in pencil, in the top right corner of each folio. It begins on the title page, on number 1, and runs through to 224, ending on the inside of the back cover of the volume. Anomalies: f.1A; f.126A; f.126B; f.141A; f.141B.
Abstract: Correspondence relating to etiquette:Letter to William Rupert Hay, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf commenting on a list of people to be invited to an 'Arab Dinner', following a discussion with Charles Dalrymple Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government.extract from a letter by Hugh Weightman, Political Agent, Bahrain, to the Chief Local Representative, Bahrain Petroleum Company, Bahrain, concerning relative precedence between British officials and the Khalifa [Āl Khalīfah] ruling family.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 5; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file contains - in the following order - correspondence between the Residency in Bushire and the Agency in Bahrain regarding a debt owed by Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa of Bahrain to a Mr. Francis; discussions concerning the dispatch of a gun ship to Katif (Qatif) and a proposed survey of the area; discussion (and dismissal) of rumours that the Russian and German Consuls in Bushire had acquired plots of land in Bahrain; matters related to the arms trade and arms seizures in the region; a proposal to establish a small agricultural garden in Bahrain; discussion related to an article in an Arabic newspaper published in London that contained quotes from a book (by Samuel Zwemer) that were critical of British rule in Bahrain; notes on an interview between Viceroy Curzon and Shaikh Isa of Bahrain; reports of a supposed Naptha spring near Halul Island and a technical study of asphalt deposits in Bahrain.Physical description: A bound correspondence file of which some sheets have come unbound and are now loose. The volume is foliated from the first page of text to last page of text, with small circled numbers in the top-right corner of each front-facing page.